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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

There
are 13 days remaining until the 2013
Project World & World Congress for Business Analystsin Orlando, FL. Day one begins with a choice of one full day
workshop focusing on Leadership or three half day workshops in the morning,
focusing on Agile, IT Portfolio Management and Risk Management. The second half of day one continues with the
full day Leadership workshop or two half day summits; Creating Engagement in
Project Teams with four sessions and Agile Summit with four sessions. In the middle of the half day summits there
is also one networking break. If we add
all these together we begin day one with one
full day workshop, three half day morning
workshops, eight afternoon sessions
included in the two half day summits, plus one
networking break. This equals (1 + 3 + 8 + 1) lucky number 13 different and amazing
opportunities to learn and improve your skills in just the first day!

Day two begins with Opening Remarks from the conference
chair, Chuck Millholan, Director of Program Management, Churchill
Downs Inc. This day also includes two
keynote speakers, the first is, The
Delivery of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games and Legacy, presented by Ralph Luck, former Property Director, UK
Olympic Delivery Authority (London 2012 Olympics). The next keynote speaker is Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, Head of
Transversal Portfolio Management from BNP
Parabis Fortis and Author of, “The Focused Organization.” There is also a bonus in the morning with a session on Speed Mentoring; this session will be with both Project Managers
and Business Analyst professionals working together. After Lunch there are four different tracks with
three sessions in each track for a total of twelve sessions to choose. Adding all of these will equal more than 13 opportunities to expand
your knowledge and network.

On the third and final day of the conference there are three
more amazing keynote speakers. These begin with Carey Lohrenz, US Navy, presenting Lessons in Leadership and Creating High Performing Teams. After a short networking break the next
keynote is William Greenwald, Director,
Humana, Inc. presenting 20
NeuroLeadership Insights in 60 Minutes, and then completing the morning
with Naomi Karten, Author of several
books, discussing Embracing Change:
Transforming Ideas and Challenges into Opportunities. The afternoon continues with the four
education tracks and twelve more exciting sessions. Remember you can move
between tracks to increase your knowledge in other areas.

Over the three day conference there will be a total of three continental breakfasts, five excellent keynote speakers, three lunches, one full day leadership workshop or three half day workshops, two
amazing summits, five networking
breaks and four amazing educational
tracks, all of which you have a choice of attending in multiple combinations.
This is a total of 26 networking and
education opportunities divided by two
(2), which equals double the lucky number 13.

Yes, I did use a little creative license in the calculations
and I hope it made you smile. Creativity
and innovation is a requirement as a Project Manager and the 2013 Project World &
World Congress for Business Analystsis
the place to learn or improve those skills.
There are only 13 days remaining
before the PW&WCBA 2013 begins. Register
today at http://bit.ly/13jM72A. I hope
to see you there!